[SOLVED] Translation mystery: draw newlines, draw trailing spaces etc.

[Pjotr]

A translator's path is fraught with bears to fight and pitfalls to avoid. Lately as a Dutch translator, I've come across these miracles of the English language (click on the image to enlarge it):


Can someone enlighten me as to the contextual meaning of "drawing", (as in "draw trailing spaces" etc.)?

[smurphos]

Hi Pjotr,

I think they are referring to displaying special characters to indicate a new line / line feed, tabs, various category of space etc in the text editor window. 'Display' is probably a better translating starting point than 'Draw' with equivalent meaning in this context.

[Pjotr]

Hi Pjotr,

I think they are referring to displaying special characters to indicate a new line / line feed, tabs, various category of space etc in the text editor window. 'Display' is probably a better translating starting point than 'Draw' with equivalent meaning in this context.

Thanks!